Arab History
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Updated: 1 Feb 2018
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Birth of Prophet MuhammadMuhammad starts preachingDeath of KhadijaHijraConquest of MeccaDeath of MuhammadDeath of AishaBeginning of Ridda WarsEnd of Ridda WarsConquest of Damascus by Khalid ibn al WalidConquest of Alexandria by 'Amr bin al-'As. Conquest of Egypt completeConquest of Jerusalem by Khalid ibn al WalidBattle of Al Qadisiyyah - conquest of IraqConquest of Persia and destruction of Sassanid Empire completeConquest of CarthageConquest of TangiersBattle of Tours (also know as Battle of Poitiers) - Franks led by Charles Martel defeat Muslim armiesConquest of Spain complete - timeline unclear due to paucity of sourcesConquest of Bukhara and Samarqand by Qutayba ibn MuslimBattle of Talas (modern day Kyrgyzstan) - Abbasids halt Tang dynasty expansionBattle of the Trench - Quraysh lay siege to MedinaBattle of Badr - Muslims defeat MeccansBattle of Uhud - Meccans fail to take MedinaBattle of Mu'tah - Arabs repelled by Byzantines in JordanAbu Bakr dies - Umar succeeds as second CaliphAbu Bakr (father of Aisha) becomes first of the Rashidun CaliphsUmar assassinated by Piruz Nahavandi (Abu Al Lu'lu'ah)Uthman succeeds as third Caliph'Uthman assassinated by Egyptian rebels'Ali (cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet) becomes fourth Caliph. Causes anger by not punishing rebels who killed 'Uthman.'Ali assassinated by Kharijite while praying in Kufa. Buried in Najaf.Battle of Siffin - 'Ali and Mu'awiya's forces fight at Raqqa. Resolved by mediation - leads to Kharijite rebellion against 'Ali.Mu'awiya crowned in Jerusalem after 'Ali's son Hasan ibn 'Ali abdictes.
End of Rasidun and beginning of 'Ummayad dynastyBattle of the Camel - Aisha and supporters fight 'Ali in Basra. Ends in reconciliation.Battle of Yarmouk - defeat of Byzantines by Khalid ibn al WalidMuhammad al-Bukhari writes Sahih Al-Bukhari (hadith compilation)
Around the same time Muslim ibn Hajjaj writes Sahih MuslimImru' al-Qais, most famous of Jahili poets, dies in Ankara
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